PORTLAND – The Portland Trail Blazers beat the Washington Wizards 116-103 Thursday night at the Moda Center thanks to a late second quarter run and a hot shooting third quarter.

The Blazers took the lead for good late in the second quarter scoring eight points in the final 53 seconds of the half to take a two point lead into halftime. Portland's hot shooting continued after the break as the Blazers shot 62 percent in the third quarter and hit 6 of 11 threes. Wizards' coach Randy Wittman said his team allowed Portland to control the game during second and third quarters.

"We got to get dirtier," Wittman said. "We got to get dirtier out there on the floor for 48 minutes. Sometimes we let ourselves get pushed around too much then we react. So we got to get back to reacting first and be the guys that are pushing people around."

In the video above, Wittman discusses his team's struggles in the middle quarters and what Washington can do to stop its two game losing streak.